The Scourge of Singularity

Throw all the eggs into one basket, and if it’s the right basket, you can do alright – as long as the basket is OK. But if anything happens to the basket, you are fresh out of luck. It’s exactly the same with industries. Those selling only narrowly-defined products are vulnerable to market shifts and innovation. Those dependent on a single buyer or market are similarly exposed to movements that are largely beyond their control. Diversification is well-known wisdom, but oh-so-easy to forget in boom times. How is Canada faring in our industrial diversification?

The Top Eight Tips for Preventing Fraud and

Canadians continue to embrace electronic payments and rely on the convenience, flexibility and security of credit cards. During Fraud Prevention Month, MasterCard, a leader in safety and security of payments, is offering consumers tips on how to protect and safeguard their credit cards. Today 88% of face-to-face transactions in Canada are Chip & PIN or contactless, and thanks to the layers of security built into the MasterCard network, Chip & PIN and contactless are safe and fraud rates for Canadian face-to-face transactions have sharply declined.

3rd Annual Event to Honour Women Heroes

In an effort to support and recognize the role of women in present day’s society, the Indo-Canadian Arts and Culture Initiative (ICACI) is all set to host its third annual event Celebrating Womanhood.

This mandate is to provide a platform for global recognition for women, maintaining that gender is no longer the deciding factor for success and that all individuals, male and female, have a responsibility to build, contribute and maintain a society free of gender bias and provides equal opportunities for all in every sense of the word.

Naach Meri Jaan: Auditions Begin March 6

A Reality Dance Competition for the first time in Toronto – To Find The Next Dancing Superstars

By A Correspondent

Glitterati Entertainment and Sanskriti Arts present NAACH MERI JAAN (NMJ), a Reality Dance Competition taking place for the first time in Toronto. Brought to North America by Pria Haider and Naved Jaffrey, the Dance Competition was created to promote the awareness of talent revolving around the South Asian dance forms including Bhangra, Bollywood, Fusion, etc.

Suhaag Winter Show – A Hit with Brides and Grooms

By A Correspondent

Patrons at the18th Annual Suhaag Show witnessed breathtaking wedding fashion, the hottest trends in decor, make-up and hair, photography and video, cakes and more! The event was presented by Chevrolet in association with TD Bank. This year also saw the biggest fashion issue till date with the launch of the 16th edition of the Suhaag magazine.

Anokhi Media to Celebrate 12th Anniversary Event

Celebrating Achievements of South Asians Worldwide with Commemorative Coffee Table Book

By A Correspondent

Leading South Asian entertainment and lifestyle media company, ANOKHI MEDIA to release a special first-of-its kind commemorative coffee tablebook in Canada, celebrating the accomplishments of South Asians across the world.

INDIA: News Briefs

ISI is preventing militants of Tripura from joining the mainstream, says Tripura CM Manik Sarkar: The Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's external intelligence agency, is preventing militants of Tripura from joining the mainstream. Tripura Chief Minister (CM) Manik Sarkar on February 27 stated, "The Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), of Pakistan, is preventing militants of Tripura, who still have 20 camps in Bangladesh, from joining the mainstream. Security Forces (SFs) in Bangladesh have recently arrested an ISI spy who was instrumental in foiling the attempt of the militants to surrender". He also alleged that militant outfits of Tripura are trying to influence the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) election scheduled in April. Times of India, February 28, 2015.

India’s Climate Strategy Needs Revision

By Sunita Narain *

Climate change negotiations are by now predictable. The already-industrialised come to each conference of the parties (COP) with a clear game plan, that is, to erase their contribution to the emissions already present in the atmosphere, thereby effectively remove the differentiation between their responsibility and that of the rest of the world to act. This would rewrite the 1992 convention on climate change and let them evade the obligation to provide funds and technology for action in the developing world.

Is Too Much Health Research - Unnecessary...

Unethical, Unscientific, Wasteful?

By Bobby Ramakant *

Too much health and medical research may be unnecessary, unethical, unscientific, and wasteful, warns a new global network, 'Evidence-Based Research Network (EBRNetwork)' - initiated by a group of Norwegian and Danish researchers. Researchers, research funders, regulators, sponsors and publishers of research fail to use earlier research when preparing to start, fund or publish the results of new studies, EBRNetwork experts argue. They stress: To embark on research without systematically reviewing evidence of what is already known, particularly when the research involves people or animals, is unethical, unscientific, and wasteful.

Lung Cancer: Difficult to Diagnose and Treat, Easy to Prevent

By Shobha Shukla *

Just a few days before World Cancer Day this year, an acquaintance of mine succumbed to this dreaded disease within 10 months of diagnosis, and became part of the world statistics of someone dying somewhere of lung cancer every 30 seconds. Of all known cancers, lung cancer has highest annual mortality (1.6 million) as well as incidence (1.8 million) globally, and is responsible for nearly 1 in 5 cancer related deaths.